Details
manufactured by Gerbrüder Thonet, Vienna, Austria
painted beech, steel, brass, leather upholstery
3812 x 16 x 2118 in. (97.8 x 40.7 x 53.6 cm) (each)
each branded THONET and with fragments of original paper labels
Literature
Das Interieur, Vienna, no. VII, 1906, p. 21 (for a period photograph of the model in the Paul Hofner Restaurant)
C. Holme, The Art-Revival in Austria, New York, 1906, plate C61
A. S. Levetus, "Austrian architecture and decoration," The Studio Yearbook of decorative art, 1911, p. 230 (for a period photograph)
Against the Grain: Bentwood Furniture from the Collection of Fern and Manfred Steinfeld, exh. cat., The Art Institute of Chicago, 1993, p. 98
Thonet catalogue de 1904. Meubles en bois courbé, Brussels, 1998, p. 117, no. 405
G. Renzi, Il mobile moderno. Gerbrüder Thonet Vienna. Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, pp. 116-117
FURTHER DETAILS
This model can be found in the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (inv. no. W.27-1982).
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